President Donald Trump’s AI executive order from Dec. 11 raises legal questions about how the First Amendment might limit state regulatory authority and how much the federal government can intervene on state sovereignty, Sidley attorneys said Tuesday (see 2512120042).
The White House this week will issue an executive order blocking state AI regulation through national standards, President Donald Trump said Monday in a post on Truth Social.
President Donald Trump will name Ryan Baasch to replace outgoing FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak, the White House confirmed Thursday.
Comcast, Google and T-Mobile are among at least 10 tech and telecom companies that the White House said Thursday have donated to President Donald Trump’s proposed 90,000-square-foot ballroom. Trump on Wednesday estimated the ballroom’s construction will cost $300 million, up from the administration’s initial projection of $200 million. Other donating companies include Amazon, Apple, HP, Facebook parent Meta, Microsoft, Micron and Palantir. The family of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is also a donor, the White House said.
The Senate on Saturday confirmed the Republican National Committee’s former chief counsel as national cyber director.
Consumer advocates on Thursday continued to sound the alarm over the White House’s plans to work with tech companies in building a health data-sharing system.
Reports that the White House is pushing an initiative to develop a health tracking system run by private tech companies where Americans will upload their personal medical records raises privacy concerns, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said Wednesday.
President Donald Trump will extend ByteDance’s TikTok divestment deadline for a third time, the White House said in a statement Tuesday evening.
President Donald Trump on Monday signed the Take It Down Act into law, as expected (see 2505160034).
President Donald Trump is scheduled to sign the Take It Down Act into law at 3 p.m. Monday, the White House said Friday (see 2504290049). First Lady Melania Trump and invited guests will attend. The act prohibits online publication of nonconsensual intimate imagery and requires platforms to remove illegal content within 48 hours of notice from a victim.